Construction of an electrochemical CO2-conversion demonstrator destined for Cementos Alfa’s Mataporquera cement plant in Cantabria, Spain, has been completed, according to the EU-funded CAPTUS project.
The project reported on 2 November that functional testing was under way before shipment to the cement works. Developed by Apria and the University of Cantabria, the demonstrator incorporates a 1000cm2 electrochemical reactor, scaling up earlier laboratory work using a 100cm2 reactor.
The equipment will convert captured CO2 into formate, a precursor to formic acid. It will be integrated with a separate carbon-capture pilot using SINTEF’s Continuous Swing Adsorption Reactor technology, with the aim of demonstrating continuous capture and conversion of cement-plant emissions.
Installation and commissioning of both pilots are targeted for completion in December. The project has not disclosed the demonstrator’s production throughput or operating costs.
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